A California engineer accused of trying to poison his coworker by spiking her food and water for more than a year was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A California engineer accused of trying to poison his co-worker by spiking her food and water for more than a year was arrested and charged with attempted murder last week.
For months, Yuan noticed that food and water she left unattended in her office had a strange taste and smell, the documents filed Thursday said. Yuan eventually viewed footage from a surveillance camera in her office and saw that Xu, 34, had added something to her water bottle on Feb. 11 and March 4, court documents said.Two of Yuan's family members also allegedly reported getting sick in November and December of 2018 after drinking from the water bottle she had brought home from work.
Consuming cadmium, a blueish-white metal,"severely irritates the stomach, leading to vomiting and diarrhea, and sometimes death," according to theExposure to the metal for a long period of time can also lead to kidney damage and bone fragility. Prosecutors said in the filing that exposure to cadmium can also cause cancer.
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